Family Homes

Lowe and Robinson Home - Catawba Co, N.C. - c. 1900

Great-grandfather Ottis L. Lowe married Great-grandmother Laura Alice Robinson, March 18, 1884.  They had four children: John Coulter, Thomas Lee, Ottis Augustus and Annie Laura. Ottis L. Lowe died on September 28, 1893, 6 weeks after his baby daughter Annie was born. He left Laura widowed with four children.

The photo below is of either the Robinson Family Home or the Lowe Family Home c. 1900. It is located in Catawba County, North Carolina.  The caption shows known members of the family, including Ottis' widow Laura and their four children.

Small girl on right next to Woman w/scarf, Annie & Laura
Small boy, Ottis A., Far right John C. and Thomas Lee Lowe

Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe married Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor in 1927. Their first born child is William Thomas Lowe, who is my father and father of my sisters, Linda and Terri.


Taylor Home - Marion CO, MO - c. 1890

Great-great-grandfather William Inskip Taylor married Great-great-grandmother Ellen Elizabeth Williams on December 27, 1866. Their children were Leander "Lee" Winston, William "Bill" Patterson, and Lulu(a) Mae. Great-grandfather William Patterson Taylor married Great-grandmother Mary Alice Bates. Their children were Lucius "Lou", Lillian Lee, Ruby Alice, Bates Inskip, William "Bill" Robert and Albert Dudley Taylor. Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor married Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe.

Farm of William Inskip Taylor, Marion CO, MO, L. to R. William Patterson, Wm. I., Ellen Williams, Lulu Taylor.

Lowe Home - St. Maries, ID - 8/1929 - 7/1930

Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor and Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe married in 1926(?). Their first born child is my father, William Thomas Lowe. Grandmother Lillian writes on the back of this photo, "House! 2nd & College, St. Maries, Idaho, where we moved Aug. 1929. Norma Lee was born Sept 1929 St. Maries, Idaho & we stayed until July 1 1930 - moving to Othello, Wash. at that time."

Nesmith and Bride Home - Natick, MA - 1898 - 1906

Samantha "Mantie" E. Loker Bride and her mother? Photo dated 1898

Great-great-grandfather Charles A. (C.A.) Bride and Great-great-grandmother Samantha "Mantie" E. Loker Bride built and lived in this home in Natick, MA. They are the parents of Great-grandmother Nellie Bride who married Great-grandfather Frank O. Nesmith. Frank and Nellie are the parents of our grandmother Ruth Nesmith Terry. Ruth was born in this house in Natick, MA on November 10, 1901.

On the back of this photo Ruth wrote, "The house where Ruth Nesmith was born also her grandparents lived CA Bride No Natick Mass When 2 years old she moved to Nebraska by her parents [family]."

In further research I contacted the Natick, MA Historical Society to see if this home is still standing. Their response was the following: "The 1884 Directory of residents lists Charles A. Bride shoemaker, house on North Main, near Pine, North Natick.  In the vital statistics there is a birth of Ruth Adell Nesmith November 10, 1901 parents, Frank O. and Nellie M. In the 1892 real estate assessments Charles Bride on North Main is listed as having a small house valued at 400, 4 1/2 acre land at 600 and unfinished at 1600, (so perhaps he was in the process of building the house that you have a photo of). We cannot say with 100% accuracy that the house is still standing but there is a very good chance that the house is located at 292 North Main Street in Natick."

292 N. Main St., Natick, MA

Using the address given to me by the historical society I went to Google Earth and found the house.


Bride Home - Wauneta, NE - c. 1906 - 1938

Home of Charles & Samantha "Mantie" Bride, and Walter & Fern Fox, in Wauneta, NE

Great-great-grandfather Charles and Great-great-grandmother Samantha "Mantie" Bride evidently moved to Wauneta, NE at the same time as their daughter Nellie and son-in-law Frank Nesmith. A newspaper article, in the "Wauneta Breeze," published a poem written by "Mantie" Bride in which it is stated that she and Charles moved to Wauneta in 1906.


Nesmith Home - Wauneta, NE - c. 1906 - 1930

Frank and Nellie, daughters Ruth, Vera and Fern Nesmith home in Wauneta, NE, 1915

 Great-grandfather Frank and Great-grandmother Nellie Nesmith moved from Natick, MA back to Wauneta, NE sometime around 1906. Their second daughter Vera was born in Natick, MA in January 1905, and their third daughter Fern was born in Wauneta, NE, July 1908. At the same time, Nellie's parents, Charles and Mantie Bride also moved to Wauneta. (According to the Natick Historical Society "In 1906, in the Directory of Residents, there was no listing of the Bride family.")

   Many members of the Nesmith family already lived in Wauneta.  Frank's father, Milton W. Nesmith had homesteaded nearby in 1885.  Frank Nesmith owned and ran a large General Store in Wauneta, NE. I found an advertisement in the "Wauneta Breeze" for his General Store dated April 15, 1909. "Nesmith handles two of the best articles in town - Pure Homemade Ice Cream & the Edison Phonograph." (On a future page I will post the photos of Frank Nesmith's Store in Wauneta.)

Frank O. and Nellie A. Nesmith on the front porch of their home in Wauneta, NE

Fern, Vera, Ruth (Terry), Nellie and Frank Nesmith at Home in Wauneta - c. 1925

Terry Home - (possibly Holyoke, CO) - c. 1928

Home of Jesse Sr., Ruth, Jesse Jr., Bill and Patty Terry, possibly in Holyoke, CO

Grandfather Jesse W. Terry and Grandmother Ruth A. Terry lived in this home, (possibly Holyoke, CO) with their sons Junior and Bill, and their baby daughter Patty. Bill was born in 1928 and Patty was born in 1931. Other photos of the home show each of their children playing in the yard. Patty Terry is my mother.

Terry Home - North Seattle, WA - c. 1940's

Front - 7009 23rd N.E., Seattle - Home of Jesse, Ruth, Junior, Bill. Patty Terry is on the front porch.

Back - 7009 23rd N.E., Seattle - Home of Jesse, Ruth, Junior, Bill and Patty Terry

Terry Home - Seattle, WA - late 40's to 1954

4557 7th N.E., Seattle - Home of Terry Family, demolished by Washington state for I-5 thoroughfare

This home in North Seattle was purchased from Grandfather Jesse W. Terry and Grandmother Ruth Terry around 1956 and demolished by the state for Interstate 5.  Go to Google Map Link by highlighting over the coordinates.  47° 39.731'N 122° 19.249'W

Terry Home - Seattle, WA - c. 1954 - 1969

Seattle home of Jesse and Ruth Terry

This was the second Seattle home of Grandmother Ruth and Grandfather Jesse W. Terry, Sr. They were the parents of my mother Pat Terry Lowe. When we were little kids visiting, I well remember that there was carefully pruned shrubbery along the sidewalk that led to the house. Right beside the front door there was a slot in the brick where the mailman left the mail. On the window ledge on the left, kitchen window, Grandma and Grandpa had a tray of bird seed and it was always busy with small birds. If you walked around back there was a big yard with a holly bush.

The basement was the best part of the house. Grandma and Grandpa had created a children's play-land downstairs. Grandpa Terry was a painter and worked in large department stores downtown, painting their big window displays. He brought home all the misfit and broken toys, repaired them and had them ready for visiting grandchildren. There was a toy train set, erector sets, dolls, doll clothes, doll strollers, kitchen items, small size chairs and tables and three beds for overnights. All of our mother's Nancy Drew Mystery books were in the book shelf upstairs and I read every one while visiting there. We loved going to the Terry's home.